Rüsselsheim is a city of 65,000 people (2018) in Hesse. It is known as a centre of the German automotive industry because of its manufacturing and research facilities. It is also known for its fortress, which dates from 1399.
Understand
Rüsselsheim is the location of one of Opel's automotive manufacturing sites, the former General Motors European design centre (now PSA), and the Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Centre.
Get in
By car
Exits off the A67 and A60
By plane
Frankfurt Airport is only a few kilometres away.
By train
Rüsselsheim is on the line between Mainz and Frankfurt.
Get around
See
- 1 Festung Rüsselsheim (Rüsselsheim Fortress), Hauptmann-Scheuermann-Weg 4.
- Stadt- und Industriemuseum Rüsselsheim (Town and industrial museum), Hauptmann-Scheuermann-Weg 4 (in the fort), ☏ 49 6142 832950. The museum, which was designated in 1980 with the Council of Europe's museum award as a "Model Museum", focuses in particular on the development of labour procedures and labour conditions from prehistory to the present.
- 2 Stiftung Opelvillen, Ludwig-Dörfler-Allee 9, ☏ 49 6142 836014. Art exhibitions.
- Opel. Car factory tour available by prior booking.
- The Rüsselsheim Theatre provides 865 seats in stalls and tiers. The theatre's programming consists of plays, concerts, operas, operettas, musicals, ballet, and dancing.
Do
Buy
Eat
If you like Turkish food, then there are plenty of choices in and around Marktstraße.
- Roter Hahn, Hessenring 61, ☏ 49 6142 9554. Good steaks
- Shahi Indian, Ferdinand-Stuttmann-Straße 10, ☏ 49 6142 62263. Good Indian restaurant.
- Freeway, Lise-Meitner-Straße 6, ☏ 49 6142 7933222. American restaurant.
Drink
- Kleines Rüsselsheimer Brauhaus, An der Wied 1 (Haßloch), ☏ 49 6142 562430. Good German beer and food.
Sleep
- Achat Comfort Hotel, Eisenstraße 28, ☏ 49 6142 858 0.
- Novum Select Hotel Rüsselsheim (formerly Columbia Hotel), Stahlstraße 2, ☏ 49 6142 8760.
- Best Western Hotel Rüsselsheim Frankfurt-Airport, Eisenstraße 6, ☏ 49 6142 8940.